White Collar Blue: episode guide

White Collar Blue

Telemovie pilot (episodes 1.01 & 1.02)
Australia: Monday, August 12, 2002
Canada: did not air
Written by Kris Wyld
Directed by Ken Cameron

Harriet Walker is a cop. She has it all, a loving husband and a promising career as a detective. But things go awry when her husband Matt, an undercover federal agent, is murdered. Within 24 hours, she has gone from detective to prime suspect and sets about burying her grief in her own private investigation. The painful search for details of her husband's death also leads to her confronting evidence of his infidelity. Together with new partner Joe, she must find her husband's lover to get to the truth behind the murder.

Hmm: In the scene at the police station immediately before the one in which Theo and Sophie inform Corrine Borich of her husband's death, there is a news report on the radio that gives the name of the officer killed. Would the police really release his name to the press before informing his wife?

Episode 1.09

Australia: October 07, 2002
Canada: February 10, 2004
Written by David Phillips
Directed by Ian Watson

Episode 1.10

Australia: October 14, 2002
Canada: February 11, 2004
Written by Kristen Dunphy
Directed by Ian Watson

An old unsolved case that has dogged Joe for nine years is reopened when a young woman is drugged and assaulted at a local beach. The attack is carried out in much the same manner as the murders of two teenage girls nine years earlier, one of whom's necklace the new victim is inexplicably wearing. The suspect in those crimes avoided prosecution due to insufficient evidence but Joe is quick to tie in the new attack with the unsolved crimes and begins building a case against him. Tension mounts when evidence links the suspect to a missing person case, the latest victim falls prey to a suspicious accident that could prevent her testimony, and the investigation is hampered by mistakes that could destroy the case before it's even built. With the investigation unraveling, Nicole, whose ambitions to enroll in the Police Acadamy are in jeopardy thanks to an incident from her past, volunteers to go undercover, placing her life at risk to obtain a confession and ensure the killer's conviction.

Note: In this episode as well as 1.21, Bruce Venables is credited as playing Michael Nitti but both Joe and Sophie call him Angelo. In his third appearance in 2.14, the character is correctly listed as Angelo Nitti in the credits.

Episode 1.18

Australia: March 31, 2003
Canada: February 23, 2004
Written by David Phillips
Directed by Ian Watson